Mega Abomasnow Raid Guide

Abomasnow (Mega)

Mega Abomasnow is the final mega raid boss of 2020 in Pokémon Go. Due to its 2x weakness to the Fire type, its best counters are strong Fire type mega evolutions such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Houndoom and Mega Charizard X.

You cannot catch Abomasnow in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Abomasnow.

Abomasnow can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1148- 1349 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1436- 1687 CP at level 25 with Sunny Sunny or Snow weather boost

This write-up will serve as a comprehensive guide to successfully beating Mega Abomasnow in the raid with the best counters, its catch CP range, the stats and the moveset analysis of Mega Abomasnow.

It is quite possible to duo Mega Abomasnow in Sunny or Sunny weather, particularly with the use of mega evolved Fire type Pokémon. In all other cases, around 3-5 trainers with strong and high level Fire type Pokémon can take down Mega Abomasnow with relative ease, no matter what the weather in the game is like.

Mega Abomasnow Counters

List of counters for the Mega Abomasnow Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Blaziken (Mega)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	7	194s
2.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	7	200s
3.	Blaziken (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	10	223s
4.	Entei (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	7	231s
5.	Heatran	Fire Spin Fire	Magma Storm Fire	4	247s
6.	Reshiram	Fire Fang Fire	Fusion Flare Fire	8	230s
7.	Chandelure (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	10	229s
8.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	9	234s
9.	Moltres (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	10	236s
10.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Air Slash Flying	Dragon Ascent Flying	13	239s
11.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	8	244s
12.	Charizard (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	11	240s
13.	Infernape (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	11	241s
14.	Typhlosion (Shadow)	Incinerate Fire	Blast Burn Fire	10	243s
15.	Volcarona	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	7	255s
16.	Ho-Oh (Shadow)	Incinerate Fire	Sacred Fire Fire	8	256s
17.	Arcanine (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	10	256s
18.	Darmanitan (Standard)	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	10	258s
19.	Darmanitan	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	10	258s
20.	Magmortar (Shadow)	Fire Spin Fire	Fire Punch Fire	11	258s
21.	Blaziken	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	10	263s
22.	Entei	Fire Fang Fire	Overheat Fire	7	272s
23.	Chandelure	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	10	266s
24.	Emboar	Ember Fire	Blast Burn Fire	9	268s
25.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Fire Punch Fire	8	272s
26.	Delphox	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	9	272s
27.	Houndoom (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Flamethrower Fire	13	270s
28.	Moltres	Fire Spin Fire	Overheat Fire	10	275s
29.	Victini	Quick Attack Normal	V-create Fire	7	287s
30.	Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	12	283s

* marks a Legacy Move

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Best Mega Pokémon for Mega Abomasnow raids

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Charizard (Mega Y)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	224.95s	8.63
2.	Charizard (Mega X)	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	259.60s	10.00
3.	Houndoom (Mega)	Fire Fang Fire	Fire Blast Fire	281.35s	11.63

It is strongly recommended to use mega evolved Pokémon not just because of their inherent raw power, but also for the added bonus in damage output by all Fire type Pokémon in the raid battle. 

Mega Charizard Y and Mega Houndoom are the prime Fire type megas in the meta right now and are designed to melt down Mega Abonamsow ruthlessly.

Mega Charizard Y boasts of an absolutely monstrous ATK stat of 319, putting even the likes of Mewtwo to shame. Armed with the ever-dependable Community Day Fire type killer duo of Fire Spin and the nuking Blast Burn, Mega Charizard Y is your best bet at duoing Mega Abomasnow raids. There should be no shortage of Charizard mega energy after its October Community Day and as such, this is your most lethal Fire type to finish off Mega Abomasnow.

With a mighty impressive ATK stat of 289, Mega Houndoom is your next best choice to spell doom for Mega Abomasnow. This hellish hound has the firepower to scare the living daylights out of Mega Abomasnow with the impressive combo of Fire Fang and Flamethrower. Release the hound!

Mega Abomasnow Stats

Abomasnow (Mega) GrassIce
CP at lvl 40 3405
ATK 240		DEF 191		HP 207
Weak to			Strong Against
Fire Bug Fighting Flying Poison Rock Steel			Ground Rock Water Dragon Flying Grass

Mega Abomasnow Moveset Analysis

Mega Abomasnow sporting Grass type moves is a walk in the park for Fire types. Particularly, Mega Charizard Y as well as X boast of heavy resistance to the Grass type, making it ideal to use these two.

With Ice type moves, Mega Abomasnow does its best damage. In this case, Mega Houndoom takes the driver’s seat in terms of resistingIce type moves. That said, Mega Charizard Y’s terrifying ATK stat and Blast Burn make it shred apart Mega Abomasnow.

Outrage does decent neutral damage to almost everyFire type except Heatran and deals super-effective damage to the might of Reshiram.

Parting words

At the end of the day, your Fire Pokémon have enough firepower in them to shrug away those leaves and snowflakes from Mega Abomasnow.

Mega Abomasnow will outperform Mamoswine as an Ice type attacker and is undoubtedly an excellent Pokémon to take down the mighty Dragon types.

Wish you a Happy Winter and loads of enjoyment bagging a high IV and/or possibly a shiny Abomasnow